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Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo amend the National Labor Relations Act to require the arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes, and for other purposes. 1/4/2007--Introduced. Labor Relations First Contract Negotiations Act of 2005 [sic]- Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require mediation and, if necessary, binding arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes.
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Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care for their employees. 1/5/2007--Introduced. Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for establishment and governance of association health plans (AHPs), which are group health plans whose sponsors are trade, industry, professional, chamber of commerce, or similar business associations, and which meet certain ERISA certification requirements. Sets forth rules governing AHPs, including requirements relating to certification, sponsors and boards of trustees, participation and coverage, nondiscrimination, contribution rates, notice of voluntary termination, correction actions, and mandatory termination. Establishes the Association Health Plan Fund to be used by the Secretary of Labor to make payments to an insurer [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Administrative procedure, Bankruptcy, Budgets, Building construction, Business, Civil rights, Collective bargaining, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Construction costs, Criminal justice, Delegation of powers, Department of Labor, Depreciation and amortization, Discrimination in insurance, Discrimination in medical care, Employee health benefits, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Federal preemption, Federal-state relations, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Flexible benefit plans, Food, Franchises (Retail trade), Government information, Government paperwork, Government trust funds, Health care fraud, Health insurance, Health policy, Income tax, Injunctions, Insurance, Insurance agents, Insurance premiums, Labor, Labor unions, Law, Licenses, Medical care, Medical economics, Medically uninsured, Minimum wages, Northern Mariana Islands, Professional associations, Restaurants, Small business, Standards, State and local government, State laws, State politics and government, State taxation, Surety and fidelity, Tax deductions, Tax rates, Taxation, Trade associations, Trusts and trustees, Unemployment insurance, Valuation, Withholding tax
Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Bill TextTo increase the minimum wage, to provide access to health care coverage to employees of small businesses, and to preserve American jobs. 1/9/2007--Introduced. Working Families Wage and Access to Health Care Act - Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to incrementally increase the federal minimum wage to $7.25. Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for establishment and governance of association health plans (AHPs), which are group health plans whose sponsors are trade, industry, professional, chamber of commerce, or similar business associations, and which meet certain ERISA certification requirements. Establishes the Association Health Plan Fund to be used by the Secretary of Labor to make payments to an insurer to maintain coverage for a plan, if there is a reasonable expectation that, without such payments, claims would not be satisfied by reason of termination of coverage.[...] show full description
Also tagged in: Breast cancer, Civil rights, Collective bargaining, Conflict of interests, Consumer education, Consumers, Discrimination in insurance, Discrimination in medical care, Employee health benefits, Finance, Health insurance, Health policy, Hospital care, Labor, Mastectomy, Medical care, Medical ethics, Medical fees, Medicine, Patients' rights, Physicians, Radiotherapy, Surgery, Women, Women's health, Women's health services
Latest Action: 10/04/2007 - Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Bill TextA bill to require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations. 1/31/2007--Introduced. Breast Cancer Patient Protect Action of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan or a health issuer offering group health insurance coverage that provides medical and surgical benefits to ensure that inpatient (and in the case of a lumpectomy, outpatient) coverage and radiation therapy are provided for breast cancer treatment. Prohibits such a plan or issuer from: (1) restricting benefits for any hospital length of stay to less than 48 hours in connection with a mastectomy or breast conserving surgery or 24 hours in connection with a lymph node dissection; or (2) requiring that a provider obtain authorization from [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 10/02/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H11074) Bill TextTo redeploy United States Armed Forces from Iraq and to establish a new direction for United States policy toward Iraq. 1/24/2007--Introduced. New Direction for Iraq Act of 2007 - Prohibits Department of Defense (DOD) funds from being obligated or expended to increase the number of U.S. Armed Forces serving in Iraq so that the total number serving in Iraq at any time exceeds the number serving in Iraq as of the date of the enactment of this Act unless the increase is specifically authorized by Congress. Directs the Secretary of Defense to begin the redeployment of U.S. Armed Forces from Iraq within 30 days of enactment of this Act, which shall be completed in the shortest appropriate time frame. (Expresses the sense of Congress that the shortest appropriate time frame should be no longer than one year.) Prohibits: (1) permanent or long-term U.S. military installations in Iraq; and (2) U.S. actions to control Iraqi oil reserves. Provides for assistance [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Breast cancer, Civil rights, Collective bargaining, Conflict of interests, Consumer education, Consumers, Discrimination in insurance, Discrimination in medical care, Employee health benefits, Finance, Health insurance, Health policy, Hospital care, Labor, Mastectomy, Medical care, Medical ethics, Medical fees, Medicine, Patients' rights, Physicians, Radiotherapy, Surgery, Women, Women's health, Women's health services
Latest Action: 05/21/2008 - Subcommittee Hearings Held. Bill TextTo require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations. 1/31/2007--Introduced. Breast Cancer Patient Protect Action of 2007 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan or a health issuer offering group health insurance coverage that provides medical and surgical benefits to ensure that inpatient (and in the case of a lumpectomy, outpatient) coverage and radiation therapy are provided for breast cancer treatment. Prohibits such a plan or issuer from: (1) restricting benefits for any hospital length of stay to less than 48 hours in connection with a mastectomy or breast conserving surgery or 24 hours in connection with a lymph node dissection; or (2) requiring that a provider obtain authorization from the plan [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/26/2007 - Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 48. Record Vote Number: 227. (consideration: CR S8398; text: CR S8398) Bill TextTo amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other purposes. 3/1/2007--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Employee Free Choice Act of 2007 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board to certify a bargaining representative without directing an election if a majority of the bargaining unit employees have authorized designation of the representative (card-check) and there is no other individual or labor organization currently certified or recognized as the exclusive representative of any of the employees in the unit. Sets forth special procedural requirements for reaching an initial collective bargaining agreement following certification or recognition. Revises enforcement requirements with [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/15/2008 - S.AMDT.4751 Cloture motion on amendment SA 4751 withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate. Bill TextTo provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions. 7/17/2007--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on July 13, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007 - Provides collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by states or local governments. Directs the Federal Labor Relations Authority (Authority) to determine whether state law provides specified rights and responsibilities for public safety officers, including: (1) granting public safety employees the right to form and join a labor organization which excludes management and supervisory employees, and which is, or seeks to be, recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for such employees; and (2) requiring public safety employers to recognize [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Administrative remedies, Aged, Business, Business records, Caregivers, Children, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Collective bargaining, Communications, Confidential communications, Congress, Congressional agencies, Congressional employees, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Criminal justice, Damages, Department of Labor, Disciplining of employees, Discrimination in employment, Dismissal of employees, Employee rights, Employee vacations, Employers' liability, Executive departments, Families, Family leave, Family violence, Federal employees, Fines (Penalties), Government Accountability Office (GAO), Government employees, Government information, Government paperwork, Governmental investigations, Grievance procedures, Informers, Injunctions, Labor, Labor productivity, Labor statistics, Law, Legal fees, Library of Congress, Limitation of actions, Married people, Medical care, Medical records, Medical tests, Medicine, Parents, Part-time employment, Personnel records, Preventive medicine, Right of privacy, Sick leave, Signs and signboards, State and local government, State employees, Wage restitution, Whistle blowing
Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3220) Bill TextA bill to provide for paid sick leave to ensure that Americans can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families. 3/15/2007--Introduced. Healthy Families Act - Requires certain employers, who employ 15 or more employees for each working day during 20 or more workweeks a year, to provide a minimum paid sick leave and employment benefits of: (1) seven days annually for those who work at least 30 hours per week; and (2) a prorated annual amount for those who work less than 30 but at least 20 hours a week, or less than 1,500 but at least 1,000 hours per year. Allows employees to use such leave to meet their own medical needs or to care for the medical needs of certain family members. Directs the Secretary of Labor to exercise certain investigative and enforcement authority with respect to this Act's provisions for employees covered by title I of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 or the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991. Provides [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/19/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7842-7843) Bill TextA bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts, and for other purposes. 3/29/2007--Introduced. Employee Free Choice Act of 2007- Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to certify a bargaining representative without directing an election if a majority of the bargaining unit employees have authorized designation of the representative (card-check) and there is no other individual or labor organization currently certified or recognized as the exclusive representative of any of the employees in the unit. Sets forth special procedural requirements for reaching an initial collective bargaining agreement following certification or recognition. Revises enforcement requirements with respect to unfair labor practices during union [...] show full description
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Also tagged in: Accounting, Administrative procedure, Alaska, Alcohol as fuel, Alien labor, Alternative energy sources, Authorization, Biodegradation, Budgets, Buy American, Canada, Capital budgets, Capital investments, China, Collective bargaining, Commemorations, Congress, Congressional investigations, Congressional reporting requirements, Connecticut, Corporate finance, Corporation directors, Debt, Delaware, Department of Transportation, District of Columbia, Early retirement, East Asia, Economic development, Economic policy, Employee rights, Environmental assessment, Environmental protection, Europe, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal advisory bodies, Federal aid to transportation, Federal-state relations, Finance, Financial planning, Florida, France, Germany, Government corporations, Government information, Government paperwork, Government procurement, Highspeed ground transportation, Historic sites, History, Illegal aliens, Immigration, Indiana, Industrial arbitration, Infrastructure, Inspectors general, Intermodal transportation, Labor, Law, Leases, Louisiana, Lubrication and lubricants, Maintenance and repair, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mediation, Methanol, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), Natural resources, New Jersey, New York City, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Performance measurement, Planning-programming-budgeting, Politics and government, Public contracts, Public lands, Railroad commuting traffic, Railroad employees, Railroad engineering, Railroad equipment, Railroad finance, Railroad freight operations, Railroad passenger traffic, Railroad safety, Railroads, Right-of-way, Science policy, Spain, Standards, State and local government, Surface Transportation Board, Technology, Technology transfer, Telecommunication, Tennessee, Texas, Trade, Traffic congestion, Transportation, Transportation research, Tunnels, United Kingdom, Wireless communication
Latest Action: 06/12/2008 - Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 779. Bill TextTo reauthorize Amtrak, and for other purposes. 6/11/2008--Passed House amended. (There are 2 other summaries) Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 - Title I: Authorizations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2009-FY2013 for: (1) Amtrak capital and operating grants, including capital grants to states, to the Amtrak Office of the Inspector General, and for accessibility improvements and barrier removal for individuals with disabilities; (2) Amtrak repayment of long-term debt and capital leases; and (3) the rail cooperative research program. Authorizes appropriations for FY2009 for grants to Amtrak and states participating in the Next Generation Corridor Train Equipment Pool Committee. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to withhold up to one-half of 1% of certain funds for the costs of project management oversight of capital projects carried out by Amtrak.(Sec. 102) Authorizes appropriations for costs [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Administrative remedies, Business, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Collection of accounts, Collective bargaining, Contractors, Damages, Department of Labor, Disciplining of employees, Discrimination in employment, Dismissal of employees, Electronic surveillance, Employee rights, Employers' liability, Executive departments, Federal employees, Federal preemption, Fines (Penalties), Government employees, Injunctions, Judicial review, Labor, Law, Legal fees, Limitation of actions, Local employees, Local laws, Photography, Right of privacy, Sound recording and reproducing, State and local government, State employees, State laws, Technology, Video tape recording, Whistle blowing
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo protect employees from invasion of privacy by employers by prohibiting video and audio monitoring of employees when in an area where it is reasonable to expect employees to change clothing. 2/6/2008--Introduced. Employee Changing Room Privacy Act - Prohibits employers from engaging in video or audio monitoring of employees in restroom facilities, dressing rooms, or other areas in which it is reasonable to expect employees to change clothing. Prohibits employers from using monitoring results for any purpose and requires employers to immediately destroy any violating recording. Prohibits retaliation. Allows video monitoring or audio monitoring by a law enforcement agency as part of a criminal investigation and with a warrant. Provides for enforcement by the Secretary of Labor. Allows private suits by aggrieved employees. Asserts that this Act does not alter state law or collective bargaining agreements except where inconsistent with this Act.
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Age discrimination, Aged, Airline passenger traffic, Alien labor, Civil rights, Civil rights enforcement, Damages, Disabled, Discrimination against the disabled, Discrimination in education, Discrimination in employment, Education, Employee rights, Expert witnesses, Government employees, Government liability, Illegal aliens, Immigration, Labor, Law, Legal fees, Mediation, Minimum wages, Pay equity, Punitive damages, Sex discrimination, Sexual harassment, State and local government, State employees, Transportation, Transportation and the disabled, Veterans, Veterans' employment, Wage restitution, Wages, Women
Latest Action: 01/24/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S286) Bill TextA bill to restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights and remedies under civil rights statutes. 1/24/2008--Introduced. Civil Rights Act of 2008 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Education Amendments of 1972, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 to set forth requirements for: (1) establishing discrimination based on disparate impact; and (2) rights of action and recovery for unlawful discrimination (intentional or based on disparate impact). Amends those Acts and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to set forth requirements regarding a right of recovery for harassment. Amends the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to provide that a state's receipt or use of federal financial assistance for a state program or activity constitutes a waiver of sovereign immunity for a suit by a program employee. Amends the Air Carrier [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Age discrimination, Aged, Airline passenger traffic, Alien labor, Civil rights, Civil rights enforcement, Damages, Disabled, Discrimination against the disabled, Discrimination in education, Discrimination in employment, Education, Employee rights, Expert witnesses, Government employees, Government liability, Illegal aliens, Immigration, Labor, Law, Legal fees, Mediation, Minimum wages, Pay equity, Punitive damages, Sex discrimination, Sexual harassment, State and local government, State employees, Transportation, Transportation and the disabled, Veterans, Veterans' employment, Wage restitution, Wages, Women
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Bill TextTo restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights and remedies under civil rights statutes. 1/23/2008--Introduced. Civil Rights Act of 2008 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Education Amendments of 1972, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 to set forth requirements for: (1) establishing discrimination based on disparate impact; and (2) rights of action and recovery for unlawful discrimination (intentional or based on disparate impact). Amends those Acts and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to set forth requirements regarding a right of recovery for harassment. Amends the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to provide that a state's receipt or use of federal financial assistance for a state program or activity constitutes a waiver of sovereign immunity for a suit by a program employee. Amends the Air Carrier Access [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Administrative remedies, Armed forces, Business, Civil procedure, Claims, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Contracts, Damages, Defense policy, Federal employees, Fraud, Government employees, Governmental investigations, Jurisdiction, Labor, Law, Limitation of actions, Military personnel, Parties to actions, Qui tam actions
Latest Action: 07/16/2008 - Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Bill TextTo amend the provisions of title 31, United States Code, relating to false claims to clarify and make technical amendments to those provisions, and for other purposes. 12/19/2007--Introduced. False Claims Act Correction Act of 2007 - Amends the False Claims Act to revise requirements and procedures governing civil actions for false claims (qui tam actions) brought by private persons. Repeals the requirement that a false or fraudulent claim for payment must be presented directly to a federal employee or member of the Armed Forces (thus tying liability for such claims directly to federal money and property, regardless to whom the claim is presented). Revises requirements for alternate remedies affecting qui tam actions,and related qui tam plaintiff awards. Allows dismissal of a private action based upon prior public disclosures only upon timely motion to dismiss by the Attorney General. Revises the prohibition of retaliatory action against whistleblowers [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Appellate courts, Collective bargaining, Criminal justice, Elections, Emergency management, Emergency medicine, Employee rights, Employee-management relations in government, Executive departments, Federal Labor Relations Authority, Federal preemption, Fire fighters, Government employee unions, Government employees, Industrial arbitration, Injunctions, Judicial review, Jurisdiction, Labor, Law, Law enforcement officers, Local employees, Local laws, Lockouts, Mediation, Medical care, Medical personnel, Medicine, Paramedical personnel, Police, Public sector strikes, State and local government, State courts, State employees, State laws, State-local relations, Unfair labor practices
Latest Action: 10/01/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextA bill to provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions. 10/1/2007--Introduced. Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007 - Provides collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by states or local governments. Directs the Federal Labor Relations Authority (Authority) to determine whether state law provides specified rights and responsibilities for public safety officers, including: (1) granting public safety employees the right to form and join a labor organization which excludes management and supervisory employees, and which is, or seeks to be, recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for such employees; and (2) requiring public safety employers to recognize and agree to bargain with the employees' labor organization. Requires the Authority to issue in accordance with the public safety employee rights and responsibilities regulations establishing collective [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative fees, Auditing, Bank capital, Bank loans, Banks and banking, Budgets, Building construction, Business, Business records, Buy American, Capital investments, Collection of accounts, Collective bargaining, Construction costs, Construction industries, Construction workers, Education, Educational facilities, Elementary and secondary education, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal budgets, Federal-Indian relations, Finance, Government contractors, Government corporations, Government information, Government paperwork, Government spending reductions, Higher education, Indian lands, Indians, Industrial relations, Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), Interest rates, Iron, Iron and steel industry, Labor, Labor disputes, Law, Loan defaults, Local finance, Minimum wages, Minorities, Mortgages, Open market operations, Politics and government, Public buildings, Public contracts, Public schools, School buildings, State and local government, State finance, State politics and government, Steel, Stocks, Subcontractors, Trade, Wages
Latest Action: 08/04/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. Bill TextTo fund capital projects of State and local governments, and for other purposes. 8/3/2007--Introduced. Rebuilding America's Infrastructure - Establishes the Federal Bank for Infrastructure Modernization. Authorizes the Bank to make loans to any state, local government, Indian tribe, and regional or multistate organization for the development of certain transportation- and educational- and water and hazardous treatment-related capital infrastructure facility projects. Sets forth specified requirements with respect to: (1) loan and borrower eligibility; and (2) compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Buy American Act, and the Davis-Bacon Act (wages) as they relate to the development of such projects.
Also tagged in: Authorization, Budgets, Children, Collective bargaining, Communications, Community and school, Compensatory education, Continuing education, Department of Education, Disabled, Dropouts, Education, Education of the disadvantaged, Educational accountability, Educational innovations, Educational planning, Educational statistics, Educational tests, Elementary and secondary education, Elementary education, Executive departments, Families, Federal aid to education, Federal-local relations, Federal-state relations, Federally-guaranteed loans, Government lending, Higher education, History, Homeless, Illiteracy, Immigrant education, Immigration, Job training, Labor, Language and languages, Language arts, Law, Licenses, Literacy programs, Mathematics, Mentoring, Parent-school relationships, Reading, Recruiting of employees, Scholarships, School administration, School choice, School districts, Scientific education, Secondary education, Service learning, Special education, Standards, State and local government, State laws, Student employment, Student loan funds, Teacher education, Teacher salaries, Teacher supply and demand, Welfare
Latest Action: 07/12/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9138-9140) Bill TextA bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that no child is left behind. 7/12/2007--Introduced. No Child Left Behind Act of 2007 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise programs created or amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and reauthorize them through FY2013. Permits states to: (1) use alternate academic achievement standards for disabled students; (2) incorporate student academic growth into calculations of adequate yearly progress (AYP); and (3) determine AYP for limited English proficient (LEP) students by excluding new arrivals and including former LEP students. Increases funds available for teaching, and developing enhanced assessments for, disabled and LEP children. Sets forth the method of calculating high school graduation rates, which shall factor into AYP determinations. Requires placing schools on academic alert status if they fail to make AYP for one year. Requires [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Business, Collective bargaining, Competitive bidding, Construction industries, Construction workers, Executive departments, Government contractors, Industrial relations, Labor, Law, Public contracts, Subcontractors
Latest Action: 06/12/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7557) Bill TextA bill to preserve open competition and Federal Government neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects. 6/12/2007--Introduced. Government Neutrality in Contracting Act - Directs the head of any federal agency that awards or obligates funds for any construction contract, or that awards grants, provides financial assistance, or enters into cooperative agreements for construction projects, to ensure that bid specifications, project agreements, or other controlling documents do not: (1) require or prohibit a bidder, offeror, contractor, or subcontractor from entering into, or adhering to, agreements with a labor organization, with respect to that construction project or another related construction project; or (2) otherwise discriminate against such a party because it did or did not become a signatory or otherwise adhere to such an agreement. Allows exemptions to avert an imminent threat [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Business, Cancer, Civil rights, Clinical trials, Collective bargaining, Congressional reporting requirements, Cost accounting, Discrimination in insurance, Discrimination in medical care, Employee health benefits, Finance, Health insurance, Health policy, Labor, Medical care, Medical economics, Medical fees, Medical research, Medicine, Patients' rights, Peer review organizations (Medicine), Pharmaceutical research, Science policy, Standards
Latest Action: 07/24/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Bill TextTo amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide coverage for individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials. 6/12/2007--Introduced. Access to Cancer Clinical Trials Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a group health plan from: (1) denying an eligible participant or beneficiary participation in clinical trials related to the treatment of cancer that are federally funded or conducted under an investigational new drug application reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); (2) denying (or limiting or imposing additional conditions on) the coverage of routine patient costs for items and services furnished in connection with such participation; or (3) discriminating against [...] show full description
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